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I see that you are using the Beta version of HijackThis. As this is a Beta program, it may not be stable and may cause problems for your computer. Please remove this version and download the stable version from here. Do Not run it directly via a browser. Save it to your desktop.

Go to Start > Control Panel. Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Locate HijackThis 2.0.0 from the list of installed programs and click on the Change/Remove button to uninstall it. Close Add/Remove Programs and Control Panel.

Double click on hijackthis_sfx1991.exe to run it.

Click on the Unzip button. It will install HijackThis to C:\Program Files\HijackThis.

Double click on HijackThis.exe to run it.

Select Do a system scan and save a logfile. Please post back this log in your next reply.

Do not fix anything you see as not all entries are harmful and are needed for the normal functioning of Windows.

Limewire and WinMX are installed on your computer. While Limewire is a clean P2P Program, WinMX is not. There's also no guarantee that the files downloaded are. Please refrain from using Limewire or any P2P Programs while cleaning your computer to prevent getting more infections.

Please go to Virus Total or Jotti and upload C:\WINDOWS\system32\sadbexaj.dat for scanning.

For Virus Total

Please copy and paste C:\WINDOWS\system32\sadbexaj.dat in the text box next to the Browse button.

Click on Send File.

For Jotti

Please copy and paste C:\WINDOWS\system32\sadbexaj.dat in the text box next to the Browse button.

Click on Submit.

Step 2

I see that you are using the Beta version of HijackThis. As this is a Beta program, it may not be stable and may cause problems for your computer. Please remove this version and download the stable version from here. Do Not run it directly via a browser. Save it to your desktop.

Go to Start > Control Panel. Double click on Add/Remove Programs. Locate HijackThis 2.0.0 from the list of installed programs and click on the Change/Remove button to uninstall it. Close Add/Remove Programs and Control Panel.

Double click on hijackthis_sfx1991.exe to run it.

Click on the Unzip button. It will install HijackThis to C:\Program Files\HijackThis.

Double click on HijackThis.exe to run it.

Select Do a system scan and save a logfile. Please post back this log in your next reply.

Do not fix anything you see as not all entries are harmful and are needed for the normal functioning of Windows.

Please post back a new HijackThis log and the scan results of the file.

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